DirectX Newb

This is a discussion on DirectX Newb within the Game Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; I use MSVC++ 5.0, and I just got "Tricks of The Windwos Game Programming Gurus". I installed the DXSDK, and ...

If you look at the book closer you will notice that he specifically states you must link with the correct libraries for your code to work.

So if you link with the correct libs it should work. I forget all of the libs but just look at the book and it will tell you. I think its when he intros DirectDraw, not sure what chapter. He also talks about it early on when he tells you how to setup MSVC to work with DirectX.